XI 
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS 
TO THI 
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WORCESTERSHIRE REPRINTED REPORT. 
The original report of the agriculture of this county, 
Was drawn up by Mr. Pomeroy, Avho took a survey of 
the county for that purpose in the year 1794; but as 
agriculture, as well as other human arts, and the pro- 
- ductions of nature, are in continual fluctuation, and as 
different objects strike different observers, as well as 
the same objects in different points of view, I was de¬ 
sired to take a survey of the county in the year 1805, 
which was accordingly done, by visiting its particular 
parts, and examining it in various directions, as well as 
by procuring such personal information from others as 
could easily be obtained, which, together with the 
most material parts of Mr. Pomeroy’s report, were in¬ 
corporated together, and presented to the Board. 
The productions of hops, and of fruit, both uncer¬ 
tain in their nature, and which form a peculiar charac¬ 
teristic of the county, having this year almost totally 
failed, little personal observation could be made on 
them ; the writer has, however, availed himself of such 
information as could be obtained from others, respect¬ 
ing these articles, and hopes the account he has col¬ 
lected and given, may be acceptable to the public, and 
in some degree answer the expectation of the Board. 
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